#656 - Death Abyss
Chapter 656: Abyss of Death
Before Qin Changqing was an incredibly vast cliff, one step forward leading to an immeasurable abyss.
What was terrifying wasn't just the abyss itself, but within it, space rifts of varying lengths flickered everywhere, some tens of miles long, others merely the length of a hand, constantly tearing and mending, filled with an extremely horrifying aura.
Seeing this, Qin Changqing couldn't help but show a change in expression.
Logically speaking, the space in the Immortal Realm should be far more stable than in the lower realms, making it extremely difficult to tear or damage.
Yet, the space here was scarred and riddled with holes, as if some kind of formation had been applied, reducing the stability of the space.
These space rifts, even an Immortal King would find difficult to withstand; a moment of carelessness could result in being torn into pieces by the space and sucked into it, making it extremely dangerous.
Fortunately, Qin Changqing had encountered this situation in the lower realms; space rifts had no effect on him when he was invisible.
Qin Changqing directly sent his clone through to continue exploring, while he summoned Xuan Yue Immortal King and the others.
As soon as they appeared, everyone immediately saw the situation before them, and their expressions drastically changed.
Xuan Yue Immortal King, however, remained calm, as she had experienced this trial before.
"How can the space rifts here be so dense!"
Immortal Lord Tian Mao's heart trembled; he wasn't confident in passing through such a dangerous place.
Xuan Yue Immortal King pointed to the opposite side and said, "This is just the first trial to enter the Grand Emperor Immortal Palace, which we call the Abyss of Death. Many immortals died here in the past. However, on the other side of this Abyss of Death, there is an Immortal Treasure Pavilion, which contains many Profound-grade and Gold-grade Immortal Treasures, and even King-grade Immortal Treasures! As long as you can pass through, you can take any Immortal Treasure from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was immediately excited.
Immortal Treasure Pavilion?
And King-grade Immortal Treasures?!
Hearing this, the Abyss of Death before them didn't seem so scary anymore!
Everyone's eyes shone with greed, eager to try.
Since she had brought them here, Xuan Yue Immortal King naturally didn't want her subordinates to suffer too many losses; she would protect them if she could.
Immediately, she waved her hand, and a dazzling golden bird emerged from her storage ring, hovering in the air. This was her only King-grade Immortal Treasure, and its golden light spread out, enveloping everyone.
As expected of a King-grade Immortal Treasure, the golden bird's speed was extremely fast, almost turning into a golden streak as it rapidly approached the opposite side of the abyss.
But as soon as they entered, the surrounding space rifts seemed to sense them and began to stir rapidly, with even denser rifts tearing and mending around them, and becoming increasingly dense, attempting to block the golden bird's path forward.
The golden bird was protecting too many people, which meant that the area being attacked was larger.
Chi Chi Chi—
A space rift about ten feet long suddenly appeared at the golden bird's abdomen.
Swoosh!
The golden bird let out a loud cry, and the golden light on its abdomen suddenly intensified, bursting out with dazzling light, attempting to block the rift. But even a King-grade Immortal Treasure was still fragile under the space rift, and was almost instantly destroyed.
An Immortal Lord at the very bottom suddenly showed a drastic change in expression. Before he could react, his feet were directly caught by the space rift. In the blink of an eye, his entire lower body was twisted into pieces and sucked into it.
The Immortal Lord let out a miserable cry, a fierce look flashing in his eyes. Without hesitation, he swung his knife from his waist, severing himself in half, and quickly ascended into the crowd to hide.
Everyone watched in horror. If this Immortal Lord hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been sucked in completely.
With the Immortal Treasure broken, Xuan Yue Immortal King's face was also unsightly, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. She grabbed Qin Changqing's arm even tighter. Not having time to think too much, she surged her immortal power, and the speed increased again.
The two sides of the Abyss of Death didn't seem far away, but they also seemed unreachable. Xuan Yue Immortal King steered the King-grade Immortal Treasure at top speed for half a day, but still didn't reach the end.
This made everyone even more anxious.
Clearly, more than one spatial formation had been applied here, infinitely stretching the distance between the two sides, and making the dangers even denser.
To pass through, one either had to possess extraordinary movement techniques to quickly and accurately avoid the incoming space rifts, or have a deep understanding of the Spatial Dao, to be able to see through the mysteries of space and find the fastest path.
Qin Changqing coldly looked around, and suddenly ejected a faint light, saying, "Follow me!"
This light was fixed in front of the golden bird, constantly swaying, guiding the direction of travel.
Xuan Yue Immortal King's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded. At this moment, she couldn't care too much. Although Qin Changqing was only a Middle-stage Immortal, she still trusted Qin Changqing very much. Immediately, she steered the golden bird to follow the direction indicated by the light.
The other Immortal Lords were somewhat annoyed.
At this time, why was a Middle-stage Immortal interrupting? Wouldn't running around in such a dangerous place implicate everyone!
But soon, everyone's eyes widened.
They were surprised to find that as the golden bird advanced in the direction indicated by the light, the opposite shore was actually visibly getting closer. The direction indicated by Qin Changqing was clearly the fastest route.
This kid's attainments in the Spatial Dao are so deep!
No wonder he is the Deputy Alliance Master!
Everyone's spirits were immediately lifted, and they saw hope.
Xuan Yue Immortal King also showed joy and sped up again.
The closer they got to the shore, the denser the surrounding space rifts became. The golden bird was constantly being torn and shredded, already riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.
The Immortal Lords swallowed hard, their faces filled with fear.
With a scream, an Immortal Lord on the edge was accidentally touched by the edge of a space rift, and his whole body was uncontrollably sucked into it. His whole body suddenly erupted with violent immortal power, wanting to break free, but it was obviously useless.
He reached out, wanting to beg the Immortal Lord next to him for help, but the latter could hardly protect himself, afraid of being dragged in as well, so he turned a blind eye and watched him being pulled in and disappear.
Finally, with a loud cry, the golden bird finally rushed to the opposite shore. At the same time, the golden light dissipated, and this King-grade Immortal Treasure directly shattered.
Everyone's faces were filled with lingering fear, and they were extremely fortunate. If it weren't for Xuan Yue Immortal King leading the way this time, and Qin Changqing, who was proficient in the Spatial Dao, being among them, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many who could have survived and reached here.
This was only the first trial, and it was already so terrifying. They couldn't imagine how terrifying the later trials would be.
Sure enough, the Immortal Emperor's treasures are not so easy to obtain!
Xuan Yue Immortal King's face was also pale, and her heart was bleeding. Her only King-grade Immortal Treasure was gone.
In fact, if it weren't for protecting the others, she would have been confident in passing through this Abyss of Death on her own. After all, bringing so many people was too conspicuous, and flying was not flexible enough.
Even so, they still lost an Immortal Lord, and another Immortal Lord was cut in half at the waist.
